Katakana represents the same sounds as Hiragana, it is mainly used to represent newer words imported from western countries (since there are no Kanji associated with words based on the roman alphabet).
In contrast to the hiragana syllabary, which is used for those Japanese language words and grammatical inflections which kanji does not cover, the katakana syllabary usage is quite similar to italics in English; specifically, it is used for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo); for emphasis; to represent onomatopoeia; for technical and scientific terms; and for names of plants, animals, minerals, and often Japanese companies.
Note: There's a chart for the whole Katakana writing system with the right strokes needed to write each alphabet in the multimedia. Feel free to check it out and practice.
Once you memorize all of them in seven days, come back here to answer the following exercises to see your own improvement.
1.2 EXERCISES
Let's practice reading some Katakana words and writing them in Romaji. Comment your answers below!
EASY MODE
1. パン = __________
2. コンピュータ = __________
3. ミュージカル = __________
4. ウーマン = __________
5. ヘアピース = __________
6. ヌード = __________
7. メニュー = __________
8. ローテーション = __________
9. ハイキング = __________
10. クリスマスツリー = __________
HARD MODE
This Katakana writing exercise includes all the irregular sounds that don't exist in Hiragana.
1. エイズウイルス = __________
2. ノースサイド = __________
3. インフォメーション = __________
4. プロジェクト = __________
5. ファストフード = __________
6. シェルスクリプト = __________
7. ウェートレス = __________
8. ミニスカート = __________
9. レギュラー = __________
10. ウエイトリフティング = __________
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